Inspecting massive pinion gears - photo

[Altair]

Inspecting massive pinion gears at the Falk Steelworks factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1965.




Previously:

Gear hobbing process - GIF
Napier Deltic engine gearbox - photo
Exposed planetary gears in heavy equipment - GIF
Quenching an enormous gear - GIF
Giant gearshaft being quenched - GIF

[Karl_H]

Any guesses what they were used for?

[IntheGroove]

Whatever they were used for it was massive...

A pinion marine gear unit being manufactured at Falk Steelworks, Milwaukee, WI, 1969

[Duke_of_URL]

"Hey, Joe... this here drawing says, " Metric."

[jdurand]

I once sent a STEP model of a part to a company to have a mold made. They called and said "the detail on this is way too small for this type of mold". ???? Turns out they were reading my INCH drawing as METRIC.

Since they I include a cube marked with the dimensions (1cm or 1 inch).

[IntheGroove]

A transmission gear for a ship...